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Twitter Army defends UK healthcare system

Woe betide anyone who criticises Britain’s healthcare system. In a great example of how one tweet can motivate thousands of people, the UK’s public healthcare system is being defended on Twitter this afternoon.

The hashtag #welovethenhs is currently a top trending term after a single tweet by the comedy writer behind such hit sitcoms as Father Ted and The IT Crowd. Graham Linehan was criticising an American article quoted on Boing Boing that claimed the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) treated disabled people poorly. One tweet of the link followed by #welovethenhs has led to an outpouring of people’s positive experiences of the NHS.

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